Salt Lake City Councilmember J.T. Martin clearly does not care about Salt Lake’s West Side; well, at the very least, he does not care enough about his fellow Salt Lakers to actually understand the complaints of his fellow citizens. You see, Martin seems to be under the impression that the area west of I-15 has [...]
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Sit down with the Mayor
This morning I had the opportunity, along with some fellow bloggers, to sit down with Mayor Ralph Becker and discuss some of the issues of the day. I must admit that it is quite the honor to have the Mayors Office reach out to the blogging community, even though this is nothing new. While working [...]
Won’t Someone Please Think of the Children?!
I just have to laugh at the recent dust-up over the Blue Boutique moving to a more residential area. Now as Rebecca Walsh pointed out in her column yesterday, Utah always seems to have the occasional “house of ill repute moving into a God fearing community” issue pop up every five years or so. Part [...]
Election Wrap Up…Salt Lake City Council Races.
To see the first post in this series, click here. This year the citizens of Salt Lake City had the opportunity to choose who will represent them in District 2 (Glendale, Poplar Grove), 4 (Downtown), and 6 (University of Utah, East Bench). We were ensured of at least one new face, thanks to District 6 [...]
600 West TRAX Expansion
So I must admit that I am a bit torn the proposed 600 W. viaduct section of the Airport TRAX line. Many of you probably have not even heard of this particular section of the otherwise widely praised TRAX line that would create a continuous line from the University of Utah to the Airport; basically [...]
Ralph Becker – The Only Choice for the West Side
Many candidates talk the talk about the West Side, however only one walks the walk both figuratively and literally. Before I continue, I feel that I must, as always, provide you with my bias. I am the Volunteer Coordinator for the Becker Campaign. That being said I still feel that, after working with Ralph for [...]
West Side Pride
This past Saturday I was doing what I always do, drive into work to get a group of walkers going for the Becker campaign, when I came across a sight that has become more and more common in my neighborhood – A group of volunteers cleaning up a vacant lot and replacing it with beautiful, [...]